Pacific Rim, GO SEE IT!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2013)

This is the first time in years that I've ever seen a movie that I had so much fun that it leaves a lasting impression. From the moment I saw the trailer, I knew I was on board, since as a kid, I was( and still am) a huge fan of anime, Godzilla, and robots in general. This may make me the worst possible person to listen to, but I feel I must still give my opinion, because this is the kind of movie that we don't see to often, thanks to Hollywood thinking that if something makes money the first time, then just either make endless sequels, remake it, or just adept a comic book or something old into film. While their have been giant robot/giant monster movies in the past, this is the first time that the two have been brought to the mainstream.
The premise is that in 2015, a portal opens up in the pacific rim, releasing monsters known as Kaiju (japanese for great beast), from another dimension. To combat this threat after it is shown that conventional weapons and warfare can do little to stop them, the nations of the world unite and begin the Jaeger program, a program in which two pilots take control of a Jaeger (german for hunter) robot and mind meld with each other to have perfect control with of the machine. At first, the program seems to work, with more Kaiju dying, and more cities saved from destruction, until at one point of the war, more and more kaiju begin coming out of the rift, each stronger then the last, and more Jaegers being torn apart by the kaiju then they are being built. This is where our movie begins with Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam), a pilot who lost his co-pilot in a battle, being sent to Hong Kong where the last four Jaegers are stored and ready to decide humanity's fate with a plan that if it success, will have the Earth saved, and if fails, will seal humanity's extinction.
This is a movie that is pact with great characters (though prepare to compare them to a lot of Top Gun and anime characters), a setting that really has depth, suspense that has you on the edge of your seat, visuals that are beautifully integrated, and action that puts Michael Bay's Transformers trilogy to shame. There are also some cool little touches like how the different Kaiju have are listed by category like hurricanes, the Kaiju skull in the museum at the beginning as they say the memorialized the event, the black market for dead Kaiju remains, how society and cultures view the monsters, and the Jaegers by country of origin.
Even though I gave away the main summery of the plot away, I want to stop right here and just say to anyone reading this that this is the best summer movie this year. The only people who I can imagine will hate this movie are either people who nit pick everything they see (trolls), or someone who looks at movies at such a serious point of view that they just dismiss it without having fun (snobs). The main point is that this movie is fun in every single way a movie with this premise can have fun, thanks in large part to Guillermo del Toro, an over looked director who knows what he's doing when making a movie and took a very big risk making this mainstream. The las two things to say is the only bad thing about this movie is it came out the same weekend as Grown Ups 2 (which I hate), so everyone is seeing the crappy Adam Sandler comedy that is unoriginal, and not the new, great Pacific rim.
The last thing to say is just go see it, this is what summer blockbusters are made of. Trust me, you won't regret seeing it.